Convertible chair



(No Model.)

0. SOHULTE. CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

No. 491,602. Patented Feb. 14, 1893.

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT @FFiCEe CATHERINE SCHULTE, OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 491,602, dated February14, 1893. Application filed March 21,1892. Serial No. 425,848. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHERINE SCHULTE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin'Convertible Chairs; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference beinghad totheaccompanyingdrawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in convertiblechairs, and consists in a certain construction and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter fully set forth, the essential features of which beingpointed out particularly in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a chair, that may be usedordinarily as a rocking chair, and which is readily convertible into asupport or rest upon which to offer prayer, at which time the chair isautomatically locked to prevent its rocking, the bottom of said chairbeing provided with a receptacle in which may be contained the textbooksfor such service. This object is attained by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a side elevation ofmy improved chair, when in position for offering prayer thereon. Fig. 2,is an enlarged central vertical section through the chair in theposition shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a like section through the chair inits normal position.

Referring to the letters of reference, A, indicates the frame of thechair, which is provided with an upholstered bottom B. The rear rail aof said bottom, is hinged to a fixed cross-rail e of the frame, as shownat c. The front rail f of the bottom is provided with a shoulder 71 thatis adapted to bear upon the front cross -rail (1 of the frame, by whichmeans the bottom is supported at its forward edge. Pivoted to the rearrail to of the bottom, at each end thereof, is a depending rod h, thelower end of which is pivoted to the brace arm C which is in turnpivoted at o to the rocker D, whereby, when the hinged bottom is raisedto a vertical position, the rods h draw upon the brace-arms C and throwtheir rear ends downward, so as to brace the chair and prevent itsrocking, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bottom I3, of the chair ishollow, and is divided by a central partition 11, forming receptaclesfor books that are closed by the sliding panels a, it. These receptaclesbeing readily accessible when the bottom B is raised to the verticalposition.

The back of the chair is composed of two sections, the lower removablesection E, and the upper swinging section F, both of which areupholstered. The section F of the back is pivoted at m between theuprights II, which permits it to swing forward into a horizontalposition. The lower section E rests upon the cross'rail c, and isremovably attached to the section F, by means of dowel pins '11. Uponthe adjacent faces of the rails I of the frame, are secured the cleatsa, that are adapted to support the section E when removed from the backand placed thereon, as shown in Fig. 2.

When it is desired to offer prayer, the section E of the back is removedand placed upon the cleats z, the section F is swung to a horizontalposition, and supported by the bottom B, which is turned up to avertical position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, at the same time thebrace-arm C is thrown down to prevent the rocking of the chair. In whichposition the backseat-ion E, affords a rest on which to kneel; thesection F affords a support for the arms, and prayer-book, and thereceptacles in the bottom afford a convenient place for keeping suchbook, and other matter of like character. After the service the chair isagain restored to the position shown in Fig. 3, the brace-arms foldingparallel with the rockers, when it may be used as an ordinary rockingchair.

Having thus fully set forth my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is;--

In a convertible-rocking-chair, the combination of the frame, the hingedback adapted to swing to a horizontal position, the hinged bottomadapted to swing to a vertical position and support said back, therockers, the Inrtestimony whereof Iaffix my signature in i bracespivoted thereto, and means connectpresence of two Witnesses.

ing said braoes with the hinged bottom, e whereby when said bottom israised said 5"braces are thrown into position to block the Witnesses:

: rockers, substantially as and for the purposes NELSON D. ROBERTS,

specified. r

CATHERINE SOHULTE.

PETER THESE.

